Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

"Hmm..." came a girl's barely audible nasal voice from behind.

As smoothly as a flowing spring, the two pressed tightly together.

Two hands naturally wrapped around her waist.

Xia Shen calmed his slightly agitated mind and said to the Pidgeot beneath him, "Let's go, let's go to the exit ahead."

"Compared to—" The extra hundred pounds on his body was no big deal for Brother Diao.

With a flap of its wings, kicking up dust, the eagle carried the two of them towards the black cave entrance not far away.

……

The exit was getting closer and closer, but Xia Shen felt a vague sense of unease.

"What's wrong?" Yan Yan asked with some concern, feeling Xia Shen's body trembling almost imperceptibly.

"Have you... felt a sense of oppression?" Xia Shen's tone was somewhat serious.

After a moment of silence, Xia Shen suddenly felt a small hand twist the soft flesh around his waist, and the warm touch on his back instantly disappeared.

Then came the girl's voice, a mix of shyness and sharpness, "What...what are you saying?!"

"Ouch...it hurts!" Xia Shen quickly explained, "I'm serious, it's the oppressive feeling of the surrounding space!"

The pain in her waist finally subsided, and Yan Yan's tone became somewhat serious: "It seems a little different from when we left the secret realm last time."

Xia Shen's mental strength was stronger, and his perception was particularly keen. He quickly patted the Pidgeot beneath him, "Brother Pidgeot, speed things up, let's get out of here quickly!"

With neither Yan Yu nor her father around, Xia Shen didn't think this would be some kind of extraordinary encounter.

"Bib—" the eagle cried out, flapping its wings even faster.

The exit was right in front of them, but an unexpected change occurred first.

Before the exit, an invisible energy torque suddenly appeared, and the structure of this space seemed to be undergoing a tremendous change.

Before our eyes, a new black hole suddenly tore through space and appeared, spinning and expanding continuously.

The immense traction force suddenly sucked the unsuspecting Pidgeot and Xia Shenyan into it.

After a short while, the space gradually stabilized.

The original exit of the secret realm was suddenly swallowed and overlapped by the newly appeared black hole!

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After the familiar dizziness, came a bone-chilling cold.

Xia Shen slowly opened his eyes. Before him was a natural environment completely different from that inside and outside the secret realm—a world of ice and snow.

The Pidgey beneath it seemed equally bewildered by the situation and was slowing down to find a place to land.

Xia Shen rubbed his temples, trying to recall the somewhat hazy memories from earlier.

He and Yan Yan were riding their Pidgeot through the exit of the secret realm when they seemed to be sucked into a suddenly appearing spatial portal...

The dizziness I just felt seemed similar to the first time I entered the Emerald Green Secret Realm?

Considering the surrounding icy and snowy environment, Xia Shen had some guesses in his mind.

Behind them, Yan Yan seemed to have just recovered from unconscious dizziness, and tightened her arms around Xia Shen.

Where are we...?

Xia Shen shook his head. "I'm not sure, but it's not in the real world outside the secret realm's exit. Let's find a place to sort it out first."

……

While multitasking, Xia Shen also consulted with You Kexi.

[Yukishi, what's going on here?]

Although Xia Shen had a vague suspicion in his mind, he decided to ask the knowledgeable mythical beast.

[Huh? What happened?]

Yu Kexi sounded even more bewildered than Yan Yan.

Xia Shen sighed helplessly. It seemed that Youkexi had fallen asleep again. Ever since she helped Xia Shen resist the mental riot last time, Youkexi's condition had not recovered much.

Having no other choice, Xia Shen briefly recounted what had just happened to it.

[The spatial rift you mentioned sounds a bit like Palkia's Void Rift... but Yuxie didn't see it and can't be sure. What is certain is that you are indeed in another dimension.]

It's most likely the Crown Snowfield... Xia pondered.

Whether it's the environment or the intricate connections to the secret realms of Britain, this is the most likely explanation.

If there are no surprises, this should be the same area in the southern part of the Galar region [Crown Tundra] that corresponds to the expansion ticket for Sword and Shield in the game.

Xia Shen had wondered before why this world had Martial Arts Ursa Master, Grass Slide, and other Pokémon and moves unique to The Isle of Armor in the game.

I've never heard of the electric pillars and dragon pillars of the Crown Snowfield, or the British Form of the Three Silly Birds.

It turns out that this secret realm has only just opened up now.

But... this is too much of a coincidence, Xia Shen said with a wry smile.

Just as he was returning to the real world, the entrance to the secret realm appeared before him.

Is it a coincidence?

Or was it arranged by some great deity?

Xia Shen dared not speculate, but from the most cautious perspective, an unexplored secret realm must be fraught with danger.

I wonder what kind of spirits exist in the Crown Tundra of this world.

Hopefully, it won't be like in the game, where mythical beasts roam everywhere...

Xia Shen snapped out of his thoughts. At that moment, Pidgeot finally found a suitable spot and slowly landed.

I might take the day off tomorrow, so the update might be a little late.

I must have eaten something bad this morning; I felt awful all day, and it got even worse after eating Shaxian snacks after get off work.

I'm currently in a state where I feel nauseous but can't vomit, so if I don't manage to vomit tomorrow, I might have to take the day off.

I'll update later if I've already vomited it out.

I really want someone to punch me in the stomach and make me throw up...

Finally, here's a picture of the breakfast that gave me an upset stomach.

The fried dough sticks and glutinous rice cakes were a bit cold when I ate them; I wonder if that's related.

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Chapter 125 Exploring a Secret Realm? Wilderness Survival!

The Pidgeot landed on a snowy slope, neither too high nor too low.

The higher you go, the colder it gets; the lower you go, the more vulnerable you are to avalanches. This location is just right.

Xia Shen looked around but found no trace of the elves. Apart from a vast expanse of snow and a few tall, pine-like trees, there was nothing else.

It doesn't seem much better than the frigid wasteland of Xicui.

A gust of cold wind swept by, engulfing the snowflakes that were slowly falling from the sky. The wind howled and swirled wildly, and Xia Shen and the others were naturally not spared either.

Even the thick-feathered Pidgeot shivered from the cold.

This place is much colder than the British Secret Realm and the maritime research institute outside. The clothes Xia Shen and Yan Yan wore when they came in were not enough to keep them warm.

Fortunately, the Arceus phone has enough storage space, and I still have a down jacket on hand for the deepening summer.

However, there was only one...

He never expected this to happen.

So, taking advantage of Yan Yan's inattention, he took out the only down jacket from his spatial storage and handed it to the girl next to him, whose cheeks were flushed from the cold.

Yan Yan didn't take it immediately. She frowned and asked, "Just one? What about you?"

Xia Shen was naturally not stupid enough to say something like, "You wear it, I'm not cold!"—the ultimate straight man statement.

"Put it on and hug me, then no one will be cold," Xia Shen said frankly.

Sure enough, the girl immediately stopped worrying about whether Xia Shen would get cold; her attention was now completely drawn to Xia Shen "hugging each other."

Seeing that Yan Yan hesitated but still put on the down jacket, Xia Shen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, girls in love are easy to fool.

Xia Shen and Yan Yan retrieved Pidgeot and put it back in its Poké Ball. They then leaned against a pine tree not far away, sheltering from the small blizzard.

But after waiting for ten minutes, the snowstorm not only showed no signs of stopping, but seemed to be getting worse, and Xia Shen became restless.

A down jacket alone would not be enough for the two of them to survive in this frigid place. At this moment, Xia Shen could already feel the girl nestled against him shivering.

We can't just wait like this; we need to think of a way to build a temporary shelter.

Xia Shen smiled wryly. How did a perfectly good exploration of the secret realm suddenly turn into a wilderness survival challenge?

However, the situation isn't too bad. Compared to Bear Grylls, who has nothing of value, he has elves with amazing skills.

He observed his surroundings, and a rough plan came to mind.

Shaking Yan Yan, who seemed to be falling asleep beside him, Xia Shen said, "Let's dig a hole to shelter from the wind and snow. This secret realm appeared so strangely that Uncle Yan and Sister Yu definitely won't find it for a while."

Perhaps feeling a bit weak from the cold wind and snow, Yan Yan appeared extremely obedient, nodded, and took out her Garchomp's Poké Ball.

Three red lights flashed, and two Garchomps and a Luna appeared in the snow.

The three elves curiously looked around at their surroundings, wondering how they had suddenly ended up in this strange place.

No time to explain to them, Xia Shen quickly assigned tasks, "Gallopian, you guys cut down some trees, and Bearbear, you're in charge of digging a hole, make sure it's big enough for us to hide in."

The three sprites, not yet fully understanding the situation, responded in unison and went their separate ways.

The two Garchomps alternated between using Flame Fang and Dragon Claw against the thick tree trunk.

Soon, a tall tree fell onto the snow, creating a small "blizzard".

After carefully processing the branches and pine needle-like leaves, the two of them ran to help Moon Bear dig a hole.